Legal Guide to Buying & Selling Art & Collectibles

How to Evaluate an Art Appraisal
an article by Alan Bamberger

Suppose someone trying to sell you a piece of art tells you that it's been appraised for a certain dollar amount. If you're like most people, you're inclined to believe that since the art's been appraised or has an appraisal, that the appraised value is what the art is worth. The truth is that appraisals may or may not have any bearing on what you should pay for the art, and the person in charge of making that determination is you, the buyer. [ Read Article ]

Learn About the Artist then Buy the Art
an article by Alan Bamberger.

What makes a particular piece of art, as you put it, worth bidding on? In other words, what about a work of art makes it great or good or noteworthy in any respect? The answer, in large part, involves understanding the life and art of the artist who made it. [ Read Article.]

Understanding Provenance Data

What is Provenance

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Articles Published at Artelino - Art Auctions

• Art Prints #1
• Buying Art Prints II - Where to Buy?
• Buying Art Prints - Part III - Buying Art as an Investment?

How To Buy Art Online

Nancy Doyles's
Notes on Art-Making

What is art about?
Essay by Nancy Doyle

The Basics
The Art of Buying Art on the Net
By Doris Athineos

...A growing number of artists, galleries, printmakers and agents now hawk prints on their Web sites -- and often list prices. Even major collectors do their share of browsing. Collector Wynn Kramarsky, who sold Van Gogh's "Dr. Gachet" for $82.5 million in 1990, frequently taps into artists' sites to see what they're up to. "It's one more venue, like visiting museums, galleries and artists' studios," Kramarsky says.[ Read article.]

The Enemies of Paper and
How to Minimize Them
by James A. Miller,
Certified Picture Framer

"Paper is a fascinating material. A favorite substrate of artists, it can endure for centuries if properly made, handled and preserved, or it can be quickly destroyed by accident or carelessness." [continue]

The Conservation & Care of Art Prints

"Probably more art prints are destroyed in one decade by a lack of knowledge about the proper care and conservation than by wars and natural catastrophes. The advice given in this article is valid for all kinds of old and modern prints and for old maps alike." [ Read the article]

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